References: [2002] 2 NZLR 433, (2001) 7 NZBLC 103, 477, [2001] NZCA 289 Links: NzliiCoram: Richardson P, Thomas J, Keith J, Blanchard J, McGrath J Court of Appeal of New Zealand Held: ‘The court has an entirely neutral approach when determining whether the parties intended to enter into a contract. Having decided that they had that intention, however, the court’s attitude will change. It will then do its best to give effect to their intention and, if at all possible, to uphold the contract despite any omissions or ambiguities.’ This case is cited by:

Approved – Carlyle (Scotland) v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc SC (Bailii, [2015] UKSC 13, Bailii Summary) The Court was asked whether, on an objective assessment of a what a developer and the bank had said to each other, the bank intended to enter into a legally binding promise to advance sums in the future to fund not only the developers purchase of . .

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